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The following is a list documenting major earthquakes that have occurred in Kyrgyzstan. The list also include earthquakes with epicenters outside the country, but caused significant impact in Kyrgyzstan.

List

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Date Location Magnitude MMI Deaths Total damage / notes Ref.
1885-08-02 Belovodski, Kyrgyzstan 7.6 Mw  X 54 [1]
1887-06-08 Verny, Kazakhstan 7.7 Mw  X 300 All adobe houses in Verny destroyed.[2] [1]
1889-07-11 Chilik, Kazakhstan 7.9 Mw  X Unk. [1]
1902-08-22 Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region 7.7 Mw  XI 5,000+ Major damage in Xinjiang. [3]
1911-01-03 Issyk Kul, Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border region 7.7 Mw  X 450 Major damage and many injured. [4]
1946-11-02 Askay, Kyrgyzstan 7.5 Mw  X Unk. Major damage reported and an unspecified number of casualties. [5]
1974-08-11 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region 7.3 Ms  VIII Unk. [6]
1978-03-24 Almaty, Kazakhstan 7.1 Ms  VIII 0 Some damage reported. Seiches in Issyk-Kul. [7]
1985-08-23 Ulugqat, Xinjiang 7.0 Mw  VII 71 US$5 million in damages. [8]
1987-01-24 Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region 6.2 Mw  VII 0 More than 417 homes in Uqturpan County damaged. [9]
1992-05-15 eastern Uzbekistan 6.2 Ms  VII 3 At least 5,500 homes destroyed and another 4,000 over damaged. [10]
1992-08-19 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan 7.3 Mwb  IX 75 [11]
1996-03-19 Artux, Xinjiang 6.3 Mwc  VI 24 Over 15,300 homes destroyed. At least 128 injured. [12]
2003-02-24 Maralbexi, Xinjiang 6.3 Mwc  VIII 261 4,000 injured and over 70,000 buildings collapsed in Xinjiang. [13]
2005-02-14 Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region 6.1 Mwc  VII 0 6,000 homes destroyed or damaged. [14]
2008-10-05 Nura, Kyrgyzstan 6.7 Mwc  VII 75 Damage in Xinjiang.
2011-07-19 Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border region 6.1 Mw  VIII 14 No deaths in Kyrgyzstan.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Frank Krüger; Galina Kulikova; Angela Landgraf (14 September 2018). "Magnitudes for the historical 1885 (Belovodskoe), the 1887 (Verny) and the 1889 (Chilik) earthquakes in Central Asia determined from magnetogram recordings". Geophysical Journal International. 215 (3): 1824–1840. doi:10.1093/gji/ggy377. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Earthquake impact can be affected by seasonal factors, historical study shows". Science Daily. Seismological Society of America. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "M 7.7 – Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ "M 7.7 – eastern Kazakhstan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "M 7.5 – Kyrgyzstan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ "M 7.3 – Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ "M 7.1 – Kyrgyzstan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ "M 7.0 – southern Xinjiang, China". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. ^ "M 6.2 – Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  10. ^ "M 6.2 – eastern Uzbekistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. ^ "M 7.3 – Kyrgyzstan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  12. ^ "M 6.3 – southern Xinjiang, China". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  13. ^ "M 6.3 – southern Xinjiang, China". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  14. ^ "M 6.1 – Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-04-17.

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